Technology+Toolbox

Web 2.0 || User-Friendly || Student Friendly || 1. Blog Lines || need to create an account before you can use || no, time consuming || 2. Blinklist ||  Couldn't even open || no || 3. Squidoo || very easy to find. Every topic is divided into categories ||  yes, click topic and type search, great book suggestions and Newberry Award Winners list || 4. Class Blogmeister || at first it was confusing because the font is tiny but once you click on a topic to blog or write a comment, it's wonderful || yes, students could post comments about videos, books etc. Colorful || 5. PlageFlakes || very attractive and has lots of features. You can create your own page calendar, weather, entertainment are just some feature options || more teacher focused, but maybe students would like to create their own page || 6. Wikispaces || wonderful and easy to manurer ||  yes, student friendly features || Processing 7. Zoho Writer || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">appealing to the eye, clear direction, need to creat a username and password <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">maybe, it would be great resource for editing a paper <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || 8. Glylpho || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">wow, very appealing to a kindergarten teacher. You can write story ideas and others can give you feedback on illustrations and writing ideas <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">yes, for intermediate students. I would use it with my kdg students <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || Spreadsheets 9. Zoho sheet || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">very clear on how to use, such feathers as: sharing documents, copy and paste from excell and lots more <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">more teacher friendly at least in primary, higher edu students might use this for an assignment <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || Polls 10. Zoho Polls || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">you can easily create your own survey in 3 steps. Great guidance and visuals as you go <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> more teacher friendly || 11. iTunes || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> good step-by-step instructions, appealing to all, easy access, || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> students and teacher can use it || 12. YouTube || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">visually appealing, easy to access, quick resource || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> for teachers and students || 13. Tux Paint || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">for ages 3-12, students can create illustrations of stories, fun to use for students to publish stories, wordless books etc <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> for teachers to model and students to practice || 14. Google Docs || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> create documents, presentations, presentations online to share, edit with others online || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> teacher use, it could be student friendly if students had an assignment where they had to collaborate on a project. || 15. Starfall.com || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> great games and activities for kindergarten and other grades to explore and manipulate words, create stories, and listen to stories || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">for students || 16. SlideShare || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fun and easy way to share your power point and pictures in a sideshow Great for introducing a new unit <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> || great teacher resource and students could easily use for their learning ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(182, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name of Web
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 68, 255);">Aggregators
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 0, 255);">Social Bookmarking
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Search Tools
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Weblogs
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 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikis
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web-based Word
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Creative Writing
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web-based
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Assessment,Survey,
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Podcasting & Screencasting
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photo and Drawing
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">File Sharing
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Webquests and Games
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Presentation Tools